Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-02
THE ROBBER 1ARIFF.
The Champion Tariff Swindle of the World
A Collection OF Statistics More Useful
than : mnsing.

The Champion Tariff swindle of the World
a Collection OF Statistics More Usefu
than 8 amusing.
Letter in New York Times.
There ere mary Christmas books
pamphlets and leaflets published that il
general are more amusing thau useful
Allow ne, my fellow citizens, to presen
yau with q brief collection of statistics
that will, am sorry to say, be 7uore use
| ful than smusing. ! herewith give an eX
tract Of only small number of articles
that may be called luxuries aud Others
that certainly are necesssries of ife
which place in parslel columns TO show
how they are respectively taxed by the
present tariff, and, wlLh0ut further
preface, here they are
DUTY on ARTICLES OF LUXURY.
Ot,ar Of roses, free.
NnrCli, or orange fl lWer oil, free.
Diamonds, 10 per cent.
Raw silk, free.
,Tewelry, % per cert.
Gold studs, 20 per cent.
Finest Sill wines, il bottles, % Per
cent.
Finest thread lace, so per cent.
Fine AuhussCn and Administer carpets,
costing abroad 81 II yard, As per cent.
Finest India shawls, costing abroad say
$50 pound weight, So cents L pound and
40 per cent. sd yalorem, or say 404 per
c, Mt.
Silk stockings, so per cent.
Finest hroGdclOth, costing IS pound
abroad, 80 cents Ii pound and 40 per
cent, equal to about Al pr cent.
PATE de foie gras, % per cent.
Musical instruments of all kinds, %
per cent.
Duty on qaart bottles of champagne,
costing asread 81 g bottle, SO cents.
Currg and curry powder free.
Olives, green or prepared, free.
Spices OF all kinds. free.
DUTY on ARTICLES OF NECESSITY.
Castor Vi 1S0.pGr cent.
Linseed oil, 62 per cent.
Common window glass, 81 per cent.
Raw wool, 45 per cent.
Steel rails, S. per cent.
Horseshoe nails, lie per cent.
Cheapest mixed WOODEN goods, costing
abroad "a cents per yard, II per cent.
Spool thread, 81 per cent.
Common dTuggets, costing abroad 26
cents yard, Sc per cent.
Common woolen shawiE, costing
abroad IS cents pound, Sc per cent.
Common worsted 81 ckings, costing &c
cents pound abroad, IS per cent.
Common cloth, costing G5 cents a
pound abroad, duty So cents a pound and
30 per cent. ad valorem, equal TO SO per
cent.
Rice, 106 per cent.
Galvanized wire smaller than No. Is
snd not smaller than No. &c wire gauge,
152 per cent; smaller than No. &c, 1876
per cent.
Duty on dollars worth of bleacbed
cotton fabric, costing abrOsd 81 cents l
square yard, 66i cents.
Potatoes, Is cents duty per bushel.
Corn starch, 65t per cent. duty.
Sa t, s. per Cent. duty.
OF course this Is only a drop in the
bucket Of thousands Of other items that
might be treated in a similar manner.
And now challenge the journals who
uphold our tariff system.
l. To print the aboveii5t, which repre-
sents the greatest legal swindle Of the
age. And
2. To explain and vlndicate the justice
OF retaining these enormous tsxations. L
wish further TO remind you, my fellow
citizens, that when the question came
up in the house last Saturday to
consider, remember, l say Soon
sider," the advisability OF reduc-
ing these taxes. l54 members of con-
eress Composed of 131 Republicans and
% Democrats, maintained by their